Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

Whenever I extract files from a zip archive created on a Mac (containing a __MACOSX folder at the root), I get files/folders with green filenames (and encrypted checked in the properties). This only ...

Trinu, who keeps sensitive data inside AES-encrypted .zip archives, asked the Answer Line forum about the advantages and disadvantages of switching to TrueCrypt. Regular readers know that I’m a big ...

The ZIP file format is essential for compressing files, saving disk space, and reducing network transfer times. Additionally, it allows you to combine multiple files into a single, easily shareable ...

The zip command provides an easy way to take a group of files and squeeze their content into a single smaller file. To join a group of files into a single file—often done to make copying them to other ...